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Animal-Trap No. 113.371 Patented-Apr. 4, 1871.

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CORNELIUS n. vnnonnnyor ATHENS, GEORGIA;

Letters Patent No. 113,371fdated April 4, 1871.

IMP RGVE MENT IN, ANlMAL-TRAPS.

The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent i-md part of the samei To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LOORNELIUs B. Vnnonnn, of Athens, in the county of Clark and State of Georgia, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Animal-Traps and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and scribed.

In the accompanying drawing-- Figure 1 represents a vertical central section of the whole arrangement,

. Figure-2 is a horizontal section of fig. 1 on the line a; z, Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

A is the barrel or other vessel upon which the trap is placed, and which receives the animals that pass through the trap.

.B-is a box, of any convenient size and form, which is open at the bottom and'on one side.- The box is placed upon the platform or plate 0, which has an aperture through it corresponding in size to the size of the box.

This plate or platform 0 may be the head of a barrel or hogshead, or the top' of any other suitable vessel.

-D is the door, which is pivoted near its center at the point a, but with the back portion F the heaviest, so that it will be self-closing, and, consequently, selfsetting.

G represents the bait, which is confined to the top of the door by the hooks H I, as seen in fig. 1.

In his effort to reach the bait the rat or other animal enters the open side of the box, and, treading upon the door forward of the pivots, the door of course tips up and delivers him into. the vessel A, while the weighted door drops back to its original position ready for another animal. 7 I

I do not confine myself to any particular mode of securing the bait. Instead of confining'it-tothe door, it may, perhaps, be confined to the side of the box, or in some other manner within the box, where it will produce the desired result; but I prefer the arrangement shown. 7 5

J is a stop-spring, which prevents the door. from reaching a vertical position as the animal slides from it into the vessel below.

7 Having thus described my invention,

ent-- The open-bottomed open-'sided'box B and the trapdoor D, pivoted at e and weighted at F, combined as described, and arranged on the open-topped receivingvessel A, as and for the purpose described.

a CORNELIUS B. VERONEE.

\Vitnesses JAMns O. WILKINS, P. A. SUMMEY.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 7 

